Stevens’ coastal experts take on this week’s Tsunami in South Asia

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Coastal engineers at Stevens Institute of Technology are available to comment on this week’s Tsunami in South Asia, including future prospects for collecting data using high-tech sensors that can preempt the tragic loss of life resulting from such a large-scale coastal event.

Stevens’ coastal experts, who include Dr. Tom Herrington, graduate professor at Stevens Center for Maritime Systems and a director of the New Jersey Coastal Monitoring Network, also stand prepared to assist the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management in the event of damage to beaches and infrastructure along the coastline, resulting from such local events as Nor'easters and riptides.

Also available for comment is Dr. Alan Blumberg, director of the Stevens Urban Ocean Observatory project, which monitors the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary in real-time using multiple underwater sensors that report a continuous flow of data to the project’s website.

These experts are available for comment on following topics:

• The ocean dynamics of tides and tidal waves
• Predictive and preemptive monitoring to minimize loss of life
• Conditions and protective actions in the coastal event’s aftermath

Media may contact Dr. Herrington or Dr. Blumberg for interviews through the Stevens News Service: Please page Patrick A. Berzinski, Stevens’ Director of University Communications, at: (201) 232-2297 (cell). Messages may also be left at his office phone: 201-216-5687.

Find more information about what Stevens is doing in port and coastal engineering and monitoring at: www.stevens.edu/engineering/cms.

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